Chips off the old block

Fathers, sons show off resemblances

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To celebrate Father's Day, we asked our Facebook fans to help us find some chips off the old block - fathers and sons who resemble each other so much that they might as well be clones.

Check out some of our favorites here. Then head to amarillo.com to see a slideshow of other submissions. And if you think you've got a father-son pair of clones, too, head to facebook.com/amarilloglobenews to post your own.

- Features Editor Chip Chandler

The Eslers: Clint, 56, and Eddie, 25

"They look so much alike, we cautioned Eddie to behave when he moved back to Amarillo or he could accidentally start some rumors about his dad. And that might not be good for business!" - Susan Esler

The Brantleys: Homer, 69 (65 in photo), and David, 27 (22 in photo)

"Dad is looking so happy because his red-headed carbon-copy son is mowing the lawn." - Suzanne Brantley

The Vermillions: Rex, 76, and Brandt, 45

This pair looks so much alike that they even confuse their animals. During a recent wildfire on Hester Road, Rex went to check on Brandt's horse Pokey, who had been corralled by some neighbors but was still agitated. "Pokey turned around and looked and made a straight line to me all the way across the corral. He just calmed down and stopped all that feisty business," Rex said. "... I think from across the corral I looked enough like Brandt that he said, 'That's the guy that feeds me.'"

The Thomasons: Gary Wayne, 38 (34 in photo), and Choc, 7 (3 in photo)

"I like this because of the physical resemblance, but also because they both have great focus when it comes to computers." - Carol Smith, Choc's grandmother

The Coxes: Justin, 26, and Jack, 10 months

"Justin's parents have pics of him as a baby making what they called the 'bulldog' face, and Jack makes the same face. It's kind of a scrunched-up nose. Jack looks just like Justin's baby pic when he does it." - Becky Cox

The McAfees: Josh, 41, and Boyd, 13 months

"It's kind of funny because my family thinks he looks just like me, but strangers or people who didn't know me as a child always think he looks like Josh. Someone just the other day said, 'Look at that little Josh!' He definitely got his daddy's strong-willed, ornery personality!" - Kenzie McAfee

The Escotos: Martin, 52, and Nick, 30

"My dad and often get mistaken for each other by our family. There have been a few times some of our cousins come up to me and say, 'Hey Marty! How are you?' I just smile, and I say to them, 'I'm Nick.' Then we just laugh, and they go on to say how much I look like my dad." - Nick Escoto